I can read and analyze cladograms
Practice Problems
1. What trait separates Lampreys from tuna
on this cladogram? ______________________
2. What separates a salamander from a
turtle?_____________________________
3. Which organism is most related to the
leopard?____________________________
4. What 4 traits do these two organisms
share?_____________________ _____________________ _______________________ ___________________
5. Which organism will have DNA most similar to the turtle?______________________________________________
6. Which organism’s DNA will differ the most from the leopard? _____________________________________________
Your Turn
Directions: Use the cladogram below to answer the questions on the backside of this worksheet
7. What trait separates amphibians from primates on this cladogram? ___________________________________
8. What separates rabbits and primates from crocodiles on this cladogram?_______________________________
9. Which organism is most related to the bird on this cladogram?_______________________________________
10. What 5 traits do these two organisms share? ___________________________ __________________________
____________________________ ___________________________ _________________________
11. Which organism will have DNA most similar to the bird?______________________________________________
12. Which organsism’s DNA will differ the most from the bird?